Tyler loves magic and thinks he may want to be a scientist someday. He lives with his moms and older sister.
Ice, Ice Baby
I like studying and math and science and social studies because I am really good at those. I’m more into math and science, because it’s like you learn something new you never knew. I like physics; the math and the science mixed together, really. In third grade I was in advanced math.
I think I’ll decide to be a scientist. Scientists create stuff, and they’re creating more everyday. I really like the elements calendar. They say we’re making more elements every year, almost. I like ice, and I like those ice crystals that can melt super-fast. I don’t know if they’re like dry ice, though.
It’s Magic
When I was younger I watched a lot of magic stuff and then I saw a guy swallow ice and break up a glass. Really cool. I was like maybe 8 when a magician came over for my birthday. He actually took green goo and then he poured it into my head and then it came out my hand. It took me a while to figure it out that it was a magic trick, with all this goo coming out of my hands and mouth.
What Life is Like
I have my moms, Kristin and Michelle. One works at home, one works at work, but they both do a lot. I was adopted, and my mom’s a lesbian. I didn’t know it until I was older, but then I was living with it, so I was just fine with it. Some of my friends know, and they’re fine with it. Most people are fine with it. We lived in Vermont, but we moved to be closer to our family. I think I cried, but I really don’t remember much about Vermont. My sister and I were in the same school, but now she’s in high school and I’m in middle school. My parents give us chores sometimes. I like the easy chores. Dishes and all that, I think those are the easy ones. Least favorite chore, probably my bathroom. I’m not that super-organized, and I have a lot of toothpaste everywhere.
I would want to live in Mexico. Well, Mexico or Europe, because they have lots of holidays and festivals and celebrations. I like basements and I like attics, so I would have a big house maybe. And a little messy. Not too messy.
I have a lot of animals. I have at least four goldfish that died, and two dogs and at least two cats that have died. We have two animals, a dog and a cat, right now. Murphy, the dog, is a year old. The cat…his claws are super sharp, but he’s more like a lazy cat where he sleeps wherever he wants, and does nothing unless the dog attacks him. The cat just wanders around and sleeps anywhere, really. He usually sleeps in the bed, or on the dog bed, or in the crate. My dog has different dog beds and they fight over those.
Renaissance Man
Sometimes I have opinions, but I just don’t have a big opinion. I would share my opinion, though. People might have other opinions or the same opinion. I believe strongly in recycling. We just picked up trash on my birthday, but I think I’ll do it again maybe. Sometimes you just see something and you want to throw it in the trash.
I like two kinds of books. I like RL Stine’s whole Goosebumps collection and I watch his movies, plus the Red Pyramid series. The Red Pyramid series, I don’t know who created it, but it’s actually about these two kids, a brother and a sister that fight a lot. They use magic and gods and all that. It’s very long, it’s like 500 pages per book, but it just makes me want to keep reading repeatedly. It has suspense the whole time-this book has a climax for the whole thing. And he makes more book like everyday. I usually like reading and playing games, mostly. I like board games like checkers, and video games, any game, really. I’m pretty good at the games, I usually beat my family a lot. I’m more of a chess and Uno type champion. I play golf, and this year I’m learning volleyball. It starts in spring. I practice a lot. With golf, I actually have aim. I beat my mom in golf. I tried it out, I didn’t even play golf and I beat her in golf.
My best friends are in band. They play music, percussion. I play piano and percussion. I’m thinking of going into it professionally. I already have a drum set and guitar and a piano. I have lots of stuff, like bongos, I have a harmonica. I like jazz and classics. I have a Ray Charles CD and I really like Beethoven. He plays fast and he plays the same note at least once in the song. I went to a jazz festival. It was very cool. It’s every year but I’ve only gone once. Me and Mom went there. I remember at the end the trumpet played the highest note there is and his face was super-red.
Tyler’s favorite animal is the turtle because it can live in both land and sea. Despite having both a dog and a cat, he’s a cat person.